Sabin Hall, Room G90
Demons in the Dark: Nightmares in Ancient Egypt
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeThe Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society presents "Demons in the Dark: Nightmares in Ancient Egypt," a lecture by Dr. Kasia Szapakowska, Associate Professor of Egyptology at the University of Swansea. Dr. Szapakowska will discuss the function of the dream in... Read More
Between the Steppe and the Sea: Scythians, Taurians, and Greeks in Crimea
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeThe Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society presents "Between the Steppe and the Sea: Scythians, Taurians, and Greeks in Crimea." This talk, given by Adam Rabinowitz of the Department of Classics at the University of Texas, will discuss the demographic and... Read More
Monumental Construction at Mycenae: Implications of Late Bronze Age Stone Working
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeThe Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society presents "Monumental Construction at Mycenae: Implications of Late Bronze Age Stone Working." This presentation will highlight the technology and tool types that masons and sculptors employed at Mycenae to produce some of the most... Read More
The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: Urbanism and state formation in Anglo-Saxon England – A lecture by Pam Crabtree
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: This lecture explores the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England from the 5th to the 10th centuries CE. It examines the end of Roman Britain and the nature of the 5th and 6th century Early Anglo-Saxon settlements. It then explores the... Read More
Archaeological Institute of America – Milwaukee Society Lecture
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeTBD
Hittites, Water Cult and the Politics of Landscape in Bronze Age Anatolia – A lecture by Ömür Harmanşah,
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: Earthen dams, stone lined water reservoirs and stone built sacred pool monuments constitute some of the most vibrant landscape features in the Hittite world during the Late Bronze Age in Central Anatolia (ca. 1400-1175 BCE). Such water monuments materialize in... Read More
Neighborhood Society: Ancient and Modern – A lecture by David Pacifico
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: Dr. David Pacifico presents his research on ancient urban neighborhoods in Peru and compares them with the society and cultures of modern urban neighborhoods. Specifically, this lecture details social diversity, urban economies, and politics in a commoner neighborhood at... Read More
Rebooting Antiquity How Holy Wars, Media Hype, and Digital Technology Are Changing the face of 21st Century Archaeology – A lecture by Neil A. Silberman
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: There's a revolution happening today in the way we value, discover, and imagine the past. On the negative side, ancient sites by the thousands—not only in the Middle East but all over the world—are being bulldozed, looted, vandalized, or... Read More
Healing, Space, and Musical Performance in Late Classical Greece: The Thymele at Epidauros – A lecture by Bronwen L. Wickkiser
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: In the fourth century BCE, the citizens of Epidauros, a small polis in the Peloponnese, launched a massive building program at the nearby, much visited healing sanctuary of the god Asklepios, son of Apollo. In terms of labor, design,... Read More
Constructing identities: Sanctuaries and Assemblies in Late Iron Age Europe – A lecture by Dr. Manuel Fernández-Götz
Sabin Hall, Room G90 3413 N. Downer Ave, MilwaukeeDescription: The construction of collective identities through sanctuaries is a key element for the understanding of Iron Age societies and in particular of their dynamics of aggregation. In this sense, a good example of interrelationship between ethnicity, politics and religion... Read More